cinque

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Here we are in the tenth century, and this group is cinque cento.

From Luttrell Of Arran Complete by Lever, Charles James

One is the well-known dicing set, ace, deuce, tray, cater, cinque, size; thus size-ace is 6-1, cinques or sinks, double 5.

From The Number Concept Its Origin and Development by Conant, Levi Leonard

Various insects, like everything else in the world, occur in cinque cento work; grasshoppers most frequently.

From The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) by Ruskin, John

For a gammon, play the ace from the six to the cinque point in your own table.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis

Six Deuce.—Move a man from the five in your adversary's outer table to the cinque point in your own table.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis